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1).,K. BOSWELL, OF COLMBUS, OHI.

A.Letters Patent No. 73,691,.dated January 2S, 1868 v IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-DRYING PPARAIUS.

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tro ALL WHoM 1r MAY ooNonRNi Be it known -that I, D. K. BOSWELL, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin, and State of Ohio, have P invented certain new` and useful Improvements in an Apparatus for Drying Fruit, dto.; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speoitication, in \vhi cl1 Figure 1 is a front elevation. Y

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section.,-

Figure 3 is a top view ofthe inside.v

Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal section.

Figure 5 is a view of the ceiling.

Figures 6 and 7 are detached sections.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

This invention relates to a fruit-drier, so constructed in sections, that it can be easily and readily put together'and taken apart for the purpose of transportation, or for the convenience oi' being moved from one room to another in the building in which it may be erected, and thu's be adapted to any Waste or unoccupied corner ofthe house.

In g. 2, A represents one end or side of the structure, and which is connectedv to its corresponding end by girts B, iig. 1. Each end of these girts is provided with a tenon, C, fig. 6, which is fitted to a correspondingA mortise, I), in the'side ofthe post E, and which, together with the girts, constitutes the frame of the drier. A post and girt thus locked together are shown in the vertical section, iig. 7. The4 post and siding of each end of the structure are fastened together as a Whole, whereas the back C is made separate and in sections, and put gp in place after the ends are secured by the girts. Thelower end oi the back is held in a groove, andthe upper end as well as the sides is neatly and firmly secured by the top or root` B', which is made to fitdown over the ends of the sides and back, as shown at x, iig. 4, thereby making a neat iinish or cornice around the top. iThe roof of this drier is double. Between the outer covering F and the ceiling G, tig. Il, is an air-chamber, H, in which is made a series of holes, I, fig. 5,.for the purpose of ventilation.' Within this chamber, and over the holes, are slides or dempers, F, whereby the holes maybe closed or opened, as and for a purpose hereafter shown.

J, iig. 4, are cleats, by which are supported the racks or frames K, iig. 3, and which it will be seen are arranged lengthwise of the drier. It will be obvious that by arranging the racks lengthwise of the drier, a stronger and more persistent draught of sin will be obtained i and among theframesfand fruit, than if they Werearranged transversely in the ordinary way, and more especially should the'fruit be strung and hung upon the frames. '.lhe ventilation-being ateach end of'the oeiling,`the natural tendency `of the draught or current of air will be iu that direction, and will flow unobstructedlalong between the depending rows offruit to the end o fthe drier, and ascend thereat through the several holes N made in the cleats to the air-chamber through the ventilation referred to, and which also allows the moisture of the drying fruit to escape to the outside, first into the'chamber, from thence into' the flue L through the jacket I', (enclosing the ilue in the chamber and imniediately above the roof,) thencethrough the opening M in the flue to the outside. By means of the dempers alluded to,the draught of the ventilation maybe regulated so that the current of air may be stronger or weaker, as the condition ofthe fruit may determine.

This drier may he placed out of doors, or used in a warm or heated room, and the fruit and other articles placed therein for drying are kept free from dust and the visitation of flies or other insects. Also, the doors of: the drier being made` large and double, and folding back one upon the other, gives thereby the fullest access to the inside for arranging the fruit or removing the racks.

By constructing this drier of a large size, a stove or other heatingapparatus can be placed in it, and the pipe of the same connected to the due L. By this means clothes or other similar articles may be dried with equal convenience and facility. i A

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to 'secure by Letter's Patent, is-

1. The herein-described dryer when constructedin sections, so that it can be takenapart and put together,

'in the manner and for the purpose substantially as set forth.

2. The top, I3', when constructed so as to form an air-chamber, provided with ventilations I, dampers F', in combination-With the walls of the drier, for the purpose and in the'manner substantially as described.

3. The ilue L, jacket I', as arranged, in combination with the chamber II, in the manner as and for the purpose set- 4forth. i i i D. K. BOSWELL.

Witnesses: y

W. H. Bussines, J. HOLMES. 

